This article benefited from research assistance by Sintija Broka. Academic cooperation with Chinese higher education entities is not an active direction of institutional interaction in Latvia. The Latvian academic community initially met the exchanges with China with a level of optimism. Although the major state universities, especially the University of Latvia and Riga Technical University,… Continue reading Latvia: Carelessness rooted in low threat perception
As a relatively small country of some 2.8 million people, Lithuania has a compact higher education and research ecosystem composed of a dozen public universities, eighteen lower-rank public ‘universities of applied sciences’ (kolegija – literally ‘college’), and eleven public scientific research institutes. Each type of institution was included in our research, but response rates and scope… Continue reading Lithuania: Some tech-based cooperation in politically sensitive times
Cooperation between Bulgarian academic institutions and their Chinese counterparts is a generic phenomenon. The overwhelming majority of universities in Bulgaria have established ties of varying levels with China’s academia, primarily in the form of academic and student exchanges, joint research, and publications. Confucius Institutes (CIs) have been additionally enmeshed in the Bulgarian secondary and tertiary… Continue reading Bulgaria: A steady embrace of Chinese academia
In April 2022, CEIAS launched the Center for CEE-Taiwan Relations, a research venture that aims to provide a rigorous analysis of the current relations between Taiwan and various European countries, especially those from the CEE region. A necessary next step in this endeavor is to foster an environment in which a topical, fact-driven, and inquiring… Continue reading Call for articles: Insights into Europe-Taiwan relations
Former security chief John Lee Ka-chiu will take office as Hong Kong’s next leader next month. What will it mean for Hong Kong? Martin Šebeňa Research Fellow at CEIAS @MartinSebena One of the most important challenges for the incoming Chief Executive will be navigating Hong Kong on its journey into the post-pandemic world. This… Continue reading CEIAS CONSIDERS: What to expect from Hong Kong’s new leader John Lee?
